Kenneth Gregory Zysk

Research output

Research output per year 1993 2007 2019

• 17 Book chapter
• 14 Journal article
• 10 Report chapter
• 9 Book
• 10 More
  • 7 Literature review
  • 1 Anthology
  • 1 Article in proceedings
  • 1 Encyclopedia chapter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2019

  Mesopotamian and Indian Physiognomy

  Zysk, K. G., 2019, Visualizing the invisible with the human body: Physiognomy and ekphrasis in the ancient world. Johnson, J. C. & Stavu, A. (eds.). Berlin/Boston: W. De Gruyer, p. 41-60

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Mesopotamian Physiognomic Omens in India

  Zysk, K. G., 2019, In: Zeitschrift der Deutsche Morgenlaendischen Gesellschaft. 169, 2, p. 379-394

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Varahamihira's Physiognomic Omens in the Garudapurana

  Zysk, K. G., 2019, In: History of Science in South Asia. 7, p. 72 81 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2018

  From Local to Global: Papers in Ancient History and Culture

  Zysk, K. G. (ed.), 2018, New Delhi: Buddhist World Press. 578 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research

• Greek and Indian Physiognomics

  Zysk, K. G., 2018, In: Journal of the American Oriental Society. 138, 2, p. 313-325 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • antiquity 100%
  • Antiquity 63%
  • Omen 52%
  • Exchange of Ideas 51%
  • Indian Culture 49%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  48 Downloads (Pure)

• Sanskrit Medical Scholasticism: Jajjaṭa’s Nirantarapadavyākhyā and Other Commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā, Cikitsāsthāna 2.1

  Zysk, K. G. & Yamashita, T., 2018, In: eJournal of Indian Medicine. 10, 1, p. 1-113 114 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Scholasticism 100%
  • Sanskrit 89%
  • Malayalam 59%
  • Critical Edition 43%
  • Potency 43%

• The Human Character Types in Ancient India. A Study in the Transmission of Knowledge between Genres in Early Sanskrit Literature

  Zysk, K. G., 2018, In: Indo-Iranian Journal. 61, 3, p. 218-261

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Sanskrit Literature 100%
  • Ancient India 84%
  • Transmission of Knowledge 84%
  • Female Characters 71%
  • genre 56%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2017

  Garga and Early Astral Science: Text Critical Remarks Based on the Chapter Entitled (Purusa)strilaksana

  Zysk, K. G., 2017, In: History of Science in South Asia. 5, 1, p. 155-163 10 p., 2.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2016

  The Indian System of Human Marks 2 Vols

  Zysk, K. G., 2016, Leiden: Brill. 954 p. (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series, Vol. Vol 15).

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
• 2015

  The History of Indology in Denmark

  Zysk, K. G., 2015, History of Indological Studies. Karttunen, K. (ed.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, p. 175-186 12 p. (Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference; No. 2, Vol. 11).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
• 2013

  An Indologist Looks at Siddha Medicine in Tamilnadu

  Zysk, K. G., 2013, Medical Texts and Manuscripts in Indian Cultural History: Manohar. Wujastyk, D., Cerulli, A. M. & Preisendanz, K. (eds.). New Delhi: Manohar Publishers and Distributors, p. 181-194 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Jajjata's Nirantarapadavyakhya on the Carakasamhita, Cikitsasthana 2.1.1-4ab

  Zysk, K. G. & Yamashita, T., 2013, Medical Texts and Manuscripts in Indian Cultural History. Wujastyk, D., Cerulli, A. & Preisendanz, K. (eds.). New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors, p. 221-242 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2012

  The use of manuscript catalogues as sources of regional intellectual history in India's early modern period

  Zysk, K. G., Jul 2012, Aspects of manuscript culture in South India. Rath, S. (ed.). Leiden: Brill, p. 253-287, plates xxvi-xxvii 35 p. (Brill's Indological Library, Vol. 40).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2011

  Carsten Niebuhr og Rasmus Rask i Indien: Sådan kom indologien til Danmark

  Zysk, K. G., 2011, Tværkultur 2010. Om Forskere på Rejse: 250-Året for Carsten Niebuhrs rejse til Det Lykkelige Arabien. Hede-Andersen, A., Pedersen, C. V. & D. M. S. (eds.). København: Museum Tusculanum, p. 19-26 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

• Energy-Based Bodywork Therapy: Shiatsu and Ayurveda

  Zysk, K. G., 2011, Massage Therapy: Principles and Practice. Salvo, S. G. (ed.). 4 ed. St. Louis Missouri: W. B. Saunders Company, p. 314-345 31 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• "Kama" in Knut A. Jacobsen

  Zysk, K. G., 2011, Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Two: Sacred Texts, Ritual Traditions, Arts, Concepts. Jacobsen, K. A. (ed.). 1 ed. Leiden: Brill, Vol. 2. p. 772-777. 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Traditional Medicine in India: Ayurveda and Siddha

  Zysk, K. G., 2011, Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Micozzi, M. S. (ed.). Fourth ed. St. Louis, Missouri: W. B. Saunders Company, p. 455-467 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2010

  Citations in Jajjata's Nirantarapadavyakhya

  Zysk, K. G., 2010, In: eJournal of Indian Medicine. 3, p. 69-99 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Das, Rahul Peter (Hrsg): Traditional South Asian Medicine. Vol. 8. Reichert Verlag, 2008

  Zysk, K. G., 2010, In: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung. 105, 1, p. 104-106 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research

• Mathematics and Medicine in Sanskrit

  Zysk, K. G., 2010, In: Acta Orientiala. 71, p. 342-346 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research
• 2009

  Animal usage in the Sanskrit Traditions of Lovemaking, Lawful Conjugal Love, and Medicine

  Zysk, K. G., 2009, Penser, dire et représenter l'animal dans le monde indien. Balbir, N. & Pinault, G-J. (eds.). Paris: Honoré Champion, Vol. 345. p. 287-304 18 p. (Bibliothéque de l' Écoles des Hautes Études Sciences Historiques et Philologiques, Vol. 345).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Puran. upakatha evam Bharatiya cikistisavidyar vrahmanayan: agodrader sastramate Atmasthakarn

  Translated title of the contribution: Mythology and the brahmanization of Indian medicine: Transforming Heterodoxy into OrthodoxyZysk, K. G., 2009, Vharater patabhumite cikitsavijaner itihas: samksopta parylocana. Bhattacharya, J. (ed.). Calcutta: Avabhas, p. 36-52 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Review of  Reinhold F.G. Müller. Kleine Schriften zur traditionellen Medizin Südasiens / hrsg. von Rahul Peter Das. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 2008

  Zysk, K. G., 2009, In: Indo-Iranian Journal. 52, p. 75-77

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research

• Sanskrit commentaries on the Carakasamhita with special reference to Jajjata's Nirantarapadavyakhya

  Zysk, K. G., 2009, In: eJournal of Indian Medicine. 2, 3, p. 83-99 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Some reflections on Siddha Medicine in Tamilnadu

  Zysk, K. G., 2009, In: Indian Journal of History of Science. 44, 2, p. 199-208 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2008

  Frederick M. Smith. The Self-Possessed. Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature and Civilization

  Zysk, K. G., 2008, In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 76, p. 246-49

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research

• Lathi Nak Phrot. Lae Kan Yiow Ya Nai India Boran: Rabop Kan Phaet Nai Phuth Aram

  Translated title of the contribution: Asceticism and healing in ancient India. Medicine in the Buddhist monasteryZysk, K. G., 2008, Bangkok, Thailand: Department of Public Health. 410 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research

• Siddha Medicine in Tamil Nadu

  Zysk, K. G., 2008, København: Nationalmuseet. 24 p. (Tranquebar Initiativets Skriftserie; No. 4).

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
• 2007

  Akattiya and the origins of Siddha medicine in Tamilnadu

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• Alchemy in Citta medicine

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• Citta-Surgery: Varman-therapy

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• First report from India

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• Fortune-telling in Pondicherry

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• "Health Tourism" in Kerala

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• The bodily winds in ancient India revisited

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 13, p. 105-115

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  8 Citations (Scopus)

• The principles of disease and diagnosis in Citta Medicine

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• The prinicples of treatment in Citta medicine

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• Traditional South Indian medicine surrounding Tranquebar

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research

• Traditionel sydindisk lægekunst i området omkring Tranquebar

  Zysk, K. G., 2007, Nationalmuseets Tranquebar Initiativ. 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research
• 2006

  Traditional Ayurveda

  Zysk, K. G., 2006, Fundamentals of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Micozzi, M. S. (ed.). Third Edition ed. St. Louis, Mo., USA: W. B. Saunders Company, p. 494-507

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Education
• 2005

  Indian traditions of physiognomy: Preliminary Remarks

  Zysk, K. G., 2005, Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in honour of Gerald James Larson. Jacobsen, K. A. (ed.). Leiden: Brill, p. 425-443

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Potency therapy in classical Indian medicine

  Zysk, K. G., 2005, In: Asian Medicine - Tradition and Modernity. 1, 1, p. 101-118

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Medicine

  Zysk, K. G., 2004, Encyclopedia of Buddhism. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, Vol. 2. p. 518-520

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Encyclopedia chapter › Research
• 2002

  Classical Ayurveda and its Modern Practice: Study and Fieldwork of Ayurveda in India and in America

  Zysk, K. G., 2002, Ayurveda at the Crossroads of Care and Cure. Lisboa: Centro de História de Atém-Mar Universidade Nova de Lisboa, p. 218-228

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Conjugal Love in India: Ratis'astra and Ratiramana. Text, translation and notes

  Zysk, K. G., 2002, Leiden: Brill. (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series; No. 1).

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

• G.J. Meulenbeld, A history of Indian Medical Literature. 3 vols. in 5 pts. Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 1999-2002

  zysk, K. G., 2002, In: Indo-Iranian Journal. 45, 4, p. 358-361

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research

• Medical Sanskrit:  an exercise in translating and interpreting Sanskrit medical literature

  Zysk, K. G., 2002, In: Orientalia Suecana. LI-LII, p. 491-502

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2001

  Asceticism and healing in ancient India: Medicine in the Buddhist monastery (Chinese translation)

  Zysk, K. G., 2001, Taibei: Guoli Zhongguo Yiyao Yasjiusuo. 311 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

• Jinadasa Liyanaratne, Buddhism and Traditional Medicine in Sri Lanka. Dalugama, Kelaniya: Kelaniya University, 1999

  Zysk, K. G., 2001, In: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 64, 1, p. 133-134

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research

• New Age Ayurveda or What Happens to Indian medicine When it Comes to America

  Zysk, K. G., 2001, In: Traditional South Asian Medicine. 6, p. 10-26

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review